Folio 617: History Section Precis, M 02270/14. Telegram from India Office to the...

Folio 617: History Section Precis, M 02270/14. Telegram from India Office to the Viceroy 28th September 1914 - 2nd Battalion Gloucester Regiment, 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry and 1st Battalion Yorkshire Light Infantry should proceed direct to United Kingdom, M 022770/14. [Admiral] Sir Henry Jackson 30th September 1914 - on 26th September 1914 Commander-in-Chief China detailed [Russian cruiser] Askold and [British ship] Empress of India to escort them to Bombay. On 29th September 1914 Admiralty suggested [French cruiser] Dupleix to Aden. Best arrangement is for both to escort, M 02270/14.

Folio 620: telegram from Naval Intelligence Officer, Colombo to Admiralty 29th September 1914 - [German cruiser] Emden has sunk four British merchant vessels near Ras Sora (British Somaliland). Crews of ships returned to Colombo.

Folio 621: telegram from Naval Intelligence Officer, Colombo to Admiralty 29th September 1914 - British merchant vessels King Lud, Riberia, Foyle sunk by [German cruiser] Emden off Minikoi Island (Laccadives) 27th September. Admiralty collier Buresk captured 1am 27th September. All crews arrived Colombo 29th September 8am. Note: Minikoi Island is almost certainly correct and not Ras Sura.

Folio 622: telegram from Intelligence Officer, Colombo to Admiralty 29th September 1914 - Gryfedale brought captured crews into Colombo 8am 29th September.

Folio 624: telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief East Indies 29th September 1914 - Commander-in-Chief Cape has already sent collier Burbridge 5,000 tons to Mombasa.

Folio 625: handwritten memo from Director of Transport to [Admiral] Sir Henry Jackson 28th September 1914 - will you please say whether the cruisers now escorting the remainder of Force C will be available to proceed to Mauritius to escort the SS Elele which has been engaged for the conveyance of British troops from Mauritius.

Folio 626: telegram from Admiralty to D.O.D. [Rear Admiral A C Leveson] and C.O.S. [Vice Admiral Sir F.C.D. Sturdee] 29th September 1914 - re escort work for troops leaving India and East Africa.

Folio 628: telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief East Indies, HMS Swiftsure 29th September 1914 - proposals approved but East Africa convoy might leave on 7th October 1914 and be detached when [HMS] Goliath and [HMS] Ocean join. [HMS] Minerva will not join you at present.

Folio 630: telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief China 29th September 1914 - cannot [French cruiser] take convoy direct to Aden instead of Bombay. Governor of Seychelles suggests Europa Island and Juan de Novo West of Madagascar are bases for Germans.

Folio 632: telegram from Zanzibar to Admiralty 29th September 1914 - [HMS] Chatham left.

Folio 636: telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief East Indies 29th September 1914 - [HMS] Chatham, [HMS] Dartmouth, [HMS] Weymouth to act for concerted movements against [German cruiser] Konigsberg under Captain of [HMS] Chatham.

Folio 638: telegram from Intelligence Officer, Colombo to Admiralty 29th September 1914 - [Japanese cruiser] Chikuma arrived Colombo 2pm and sailed 11pm to patrol neighbourhood of Comorin.

Folio 642: telegram from Commander-in-Chief China to Admiralty 30th September 1914 - no objection except on ground of insufficiency of force for such a valuable convoy. Messageries Maritime steamer Elkantrara with 8 batteries of F.A. [Field Artillery] and ammunition is also with [French cruiser] Dupleix and will delay convoy as she steams at 10 knots. Telegram to Commander-in-Chief China from L.B. [Prince Louis of Battenburg and F.C.D.S. [Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee 30th September 1914 - if no objection it is considered both [French cruiser] Dupleix and [Russian cruiser] Askold escort 5 transports to Aden.

Folio 643: telegram from Commander-in-Chief China to Admiralty 30th September 1914 - [HMS] Yarmouth and [Japanese cruiser] Chikuma working under [HMS] Hampshire in search of [German cruiser] Emden. I cannot control them, communications bad.

Folio 644: telegram from Bushire to Admiralty 30th September 1914 - [HMS] Odin arrived at Bushire.

Folio 645: telegram from Mohammerah to Admiralty 30th September 1914 - [HMS] Espiegle arrived.

Folio 647: telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief East Indies 30th September 1914 - can you detour south on way to Bombay without delaying next convoy as [German cruiser] Emden may be at Laccadives.

Folio 648: telegram from Intelligence Officer Colombo to Admiralty 30th September 1914 - gives position and course of following vessels sunk and captured by [German cruiser] Emden - King Lud, Tymeric, Gryfevale, Buresk, Riberia and Foyle.

Folio 652: telegram from Reporting Officer Madras to Admiralty 30th September 1914 - Norwegian merchant vessel Rena arrived.

Folio 654: telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief East Indies 30th September 1914 - date of next convoy will be 10th October. Subsequent sailings every 16 days.

Folio 655: telegram from Admiralty to Commanders-in-Chief East Indies and China 30th September 1914 - Governor of Papeete reports that [German cruisers] Gneisenau and Scharnhorst arrived Papeete 22nd September with two colliers. They sank French gunboat Zelee and destroyed half the town by shell fire. They left the same morning steering North East.

Folio 658: telegram from Viceroy to Admiralty 30th September 1914 - re the postponement of convoy from Bombay which was to have left first week in October.

Folios 660-681: East Indies Operations 27 July - 30 September 1914. Rough Diary compiled in the Historical Section December 1916.

Folio 682: Extract from logbook of HMS Fox 27 July to 1 September 1914.

Folio 683-684: Extracts from logbook of HMS Swiftsure 27 July to 30 September 1914.

Folios 685-686: Extracts from logbook of Duke of Edinburgh 20 August to 30 September 1914.

Folios 687-688: Extracts from logbook of RIM Dufferin 5 August -30 September 1914.

Folio 689: Extract from logbook of HMS Black Prince 21 August- 30 September 1914. In the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea.

Folio 690: Extract from logbook of HMS Dartmouth 21 August- 5 October 1914.